Wire fence



(No Model.) P F. GLARKIN.

WIRE FENCE;

No. 605,595. Patented. June 14,1898.

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. P FRANK oL RKIN, on PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

.wiRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.l605,595, dated June 14;, 1898.

Application filed March 7, 1898.

To all whom it may concern/.- I Be it known that I, P FRANK OLARKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pontiac, in the county of Oakland and State of of a wire fence, and particularlyin the construction of the wire stay and the means of securing the stay to the fence-wires, and, fur? ther, in the construction, arrangement, and: combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter described. 7 p

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a picket containing my invention prepared ready to be attached to the fence. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the upper end of the picket, showing the binding- Wires twisted about the fence-wire. Fig. 4 is a diagram elevation to illustrate more plainly the exact manner of forming the picket.

A are the fence-wires.

B is the end post, (the other post not being shown,) the'fence-wire being supported in the usual manner by staples or otherwise upon the post and suitably stretched the desired length.

To form the stay, I take a single piece of wire, which for convenience I will call the tie-wire O, and upon this I twist a series of binding-wires D, intertwisting the two together and through the middle portion of the binding-wire, as plainly shown in Fig. 4, this intertwisting extending a distance equal to the space between the adjoining fence-wires and allowing the ends E and F of the bindingwire to project therefrom to form means to secure the stay to the fence, the opposite ends of these binding-wires extending upon opposite sides, as the drawings illustrate. One

Serial No. 672,840. (No model.)

of the top binding-wires I form by bending the tie 0 upon itself and intertwisting it, as at G, for ashort distance and allowing the end H to extend opposite the end of the upper binding-wire upon the opposite side thereof, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower end of the tie-wire also forms one strand with the lower end of the lower binding-wire, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The stay-wire thus formed is placed against the fence, and by any suitable tool the projecting ends of the binding-wires are twisted about the fence-wire on opposite, sides of the stay and thus securely hold the stay in position and hold the fence-wires the desired distance apart.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a wire fence, the combination with the fence-wires of the picket formed of a vertical tie-wire, and a series of short strands twisted thereon, such twisted portion extending from one fence-wire to'the adjacent fencewire and the ends extending upon opposite sides of the picket forming portions which may be twisted about the fence-wires to secure the stay thereto.

2. In a wire fence, the combination with the fence-wires, of a picket formed of a single vertical tie-wire having its upper end bent upon itself and intertwisted, and a projecting end beyond the twisted portion, and a series of binding-wires on the tie-wire, extending the whole length thereof, each binding-wire being intertwisted a distance corresponding to the space between the adjoining fence-wires and having its ends extending out on opposite sides of the tie-wire to form means for binding the stay upon the fencewires, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v

P FRANK OLARKIN.

Witnesses:

HARVEY SKIDMORE, GEORGE S. BRAOKIN. 

